grimoire

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grimoire, a variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is a doublet of glamour, glamoury, gramarye, and grammar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪmwɑː/ (General American) enPR: grĭmʹwärʹ, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɪmˌwɑːɹ/ Hyphenation: gri‧moire === Noun === grimoire (plural grimoires) (occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons. ==== Hypernyms ==== spellbook ==== Related terms ==== gramarye ==== Translations ==== === See also === bestiary diabologue Necronomicon === Notes === === References === == French == === Etymology === A variant of grammaire, from Old French gramaire (“grammar; grimoire; conjurer, magician”), from Latin grammatica (“grammar; philology”), from grammaticus (“relating to grammar, grammatical”), from Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós, “knowing one's letters; concerned with textual criticism”), from γράμμα (grámma, “that which is drawn or written; letter; book, writing”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix added to noun stems to form adjectives). γράμμα is derived from γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to cut into, scratch; to draw, paint; to write”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, suffix added to verbal stems forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁi.mwaʁ/ === Noun === grimoire m (plural grimoires) (occult) grimoire ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: grimori → English: grimoire → Italian: grimorio → Portuguese: grimório → Spanish: grimorio === References === === Further reading === “grimoire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012